Dispute over $2.6M 'M-A-S-H' hot-dog recipe creates hot legal mess

June 28, 2015 at 5:36p.m.

TOLEDO

Ownership of secret recipes and ingredients from a Toledo restaurant made famous on the TV series “M-A-S-H” is at the center of a legal dispute between a relative of the original owner and the current ownership group.

Tony Packo’s Toledo LLC has copies of the recipes and ingredient lists for the restaurant chain’s famous spicy Hungarian hot dogs and chili. But a grandson of restaurant founder Tony Packo says in court documents that he has the original notebook Packo authored.

Packo grandson Robin Horvath says the ingredients list is separate from the recipes and wasn’t included in the company’s 2012 sale. The Blade says the company declined to comment on ongoing legal action.

Horvath estimates the recipes could be worth at least $2.6 million.